Labour’s onslaught against disability benefits raises questions about how disability is formed under capitalism, and the ...

Disabled people across the UK have criticised Labour’s decision to reform the benefits system, with some describing it as a direct attack on their dignity, independence and survival. Roxy Murray lives ...

To sustain disability culture, it is essential to foster an inclusive and empowering environment that celebrates diversity and encourages self-identification. Education, advocacy, and ...

In the social model, disability is seen as the result of societal barriers, such as physical inaccessibility, lack of accommodations and discrimination, whereas the medical model focuses on the ...

The idea of barriers is an important one in the social model of disability. According to this model, disability comes not from the existence of an impairment but from barriers that society creates.

It replaces the old “medical model” of disability by a social and human rights model based on the fact that it is society that “disables” persons with disabilities from exercising their ...